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More barred drivers just continue to drive

It is becoming one of the most common crimes committed, people driving after they have been barred from or suspended from driving.

In Boone County, police and prosecutors have their hands full with people arrested as many as nine times.

McKinley Daniels, 45, is one of those with multiple citations. Authorities said he was driving erratically when he was pulled over by a Boone County deputy just after 2 a.m. Sunday.

"It looks like he's had several other prior convictions for driving offenses and other traffic offenses such as OWI," said Boone Assistant County Attorney Dan Gonnermann.

"He ended up crossing the center line that is why he was stopped. Upon stopping him, he issued an ID to our deputy and admitted he was not able to drive, he was actually barred," said Chief Deputy Gregg Elsberry of the Boone County Sheriff's Department.

The fact Daniels knew he was allowed to legally drive and did so anyway is clear. But this is not the worst offender Gonnerman has seen.

The problem of repeat offenders raises the question of what can be done to drivers who are barred or have the license suspended from getting behind the wheel and driving anyway.

Daniels is already barred from driving until 2016. If he is convicted of driving while barred in Sunday's arrest, four more years will be added to that extending the period to 2020.

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